The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family held its 52nd Child Support Deliberation Committee and voted on a total of 322 sanctions against 264 individuals who have defaulted on child support payments.

By type, the sanctions include 117 travel bans, 142 driver's license suspensions, and 63 public disclosures of personal information.

With this latest decision, a total of 1,042 sanctions have been voted on through August of this year.

The number of sanctions has increased significantly from 359 in 2022 to 1,389 last year.

The current Child Support Enforcement Act allows sanctions against individuals who fail to fulfill their obligations for more than 30 days after receiving a lump-sum payment order in a family litigation, those who fail to pay child support three or more times despite an implementation order, or those whose unpaid amount exceeds 30 million won.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family plans to raise the level of criminal punishment to strengthen responsibility for child support compliance.

In addition, the ministry plans to expand the scope of targets for which immigration data can be requested regarding child support defaults, and strengthen cooperation with the National Tax Service, such as sharing information on advance-payment delinquents and linking computer networks.

(Photo provided by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Yonhap News)